Wilfred Juckem photographs
Scope and Contents
Photographic images in different formats taken by Wilfred Juckem of local events and sites dating from 1940-2008 including slides and prints of VanderVeer [Botanical] Park especially the Conservatory from 1968-2000s, Davenport's Skybridge 2008, 2001 flood of downtown Davenport, 2004 flooding at John O'Donnell Stadium, fire at Case plant in Mount Joy and other miscellaneous scenes.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-2008
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.
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Biographical / Historical
Mr. Juckem was born in 1915 in Sheboygan, Wis., to Arvin and Martha Juckem. Following high school, he attended evening classes at Sheboygan Business College. He experienced 80 years of technological changes in industry, beginning at age 14 as a summer timekeeper at Jenkins Machinery Co., Sheboygan Falls, Wis. He joined Eagle Signal of Moline in 1945 and began its Davenport Plant in 1947 with 17 employees and rose there to VP of manufacturing. In 1962 he was named Assistant to the President of EW Bliss Co., Canton, Ohio, and in 1965, VP of Administration. He returned to Eagle Signal, Davenport, in 1968 as VP and Division Manager, retiring in 1979. He then became Chairman of the Board of Sears Manufacturing Co.
He passed away in February 2013.
Extent
2 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 38 Section. 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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